Welcome to Synergy Art Festival, an inclusive gathering at the mind-bending junction of art, sound, performance, art installations and participatory creative workshops.
The festival is produced by Stichting Synergy and it is supported by local funding and the municipality of Amsterdam. It started in 2022, with the first edition at NDSM and then moved to the magical Flevopark. Whatever the following location is, it's an experimental space for artists to let loose, creating off-the-wall characters, deploying surreal visuals, inventing new tools and reinterpreting old ones. The program is curated by Bogomir Doringer.
Islandman Ahmed Eid
Roda de Santo Het Danspaleis
Aéreosculpture Stine Deja
Compagnie Barks Kexin Hao
Parker Hertzberger Cyril Lancelin
Graffitifun
Synergy invites you to an immersive day of visual art, performance, music, and collective expression. From mind-expanding installations to free hands-on workshops and spontaneous happenings - every moment is a piece of the puzzle that only comes together with you.
Islandman
Turkish electro-acoustic trio from Istanbul that fuses downtempo electronics with psychedelic and Anatolian influences. Their sound blends mellow electronic frameworks, chilled grooves, and danceable beats with spacey, psychedelic guitars and shamanic rhythms, sometimes drawing on African influences.
Islandman describes their music as neo Turkish psychedelia, honoring heritage while updating it through contemporary production. The result is a hypnotic, immersive sonic experience that bridges cultures, eras, and musical genres.
Ahmed Eid
Palestinian musician and artist whose work bridges traditional Arabic sounds with global influences. Born in 1987 to parents in political exile, Eid grew up partly in Ramallah before moving to Berlin, where he continues to live between both cities. His musical formation spans classical, jazz, and Arabic traditions, creating a rich and versatile artistic language.
After releasing more than ten albums with Bukahara, he began his solo career in 2024 with the EP Aghani Akhira (Last Songs). His work addresses themes such as colonialism, resistance, and social justice, expressed through poetic and metaphorical lyrics. His upcoming album min ghazze labaghdad, min haifa la beirut continues this trajectory. He founded the Palestine Music Space in Ramallah, supporting young musicians through free education and creative resources.
Roda De Santo
Is a Lisbon-based Afro-Brazilian music collective that reimagines ancestral traditions through a contemporary sonic lens. Their work draws deeply from the sacred songs of Afro-Brazilian religions, especially Umbanda, transforming these cantigas de terreiro into immersive musical experiences. They are blending layered percussion, rich vocal harmonies, and subtle electronic elements, emphasizing spirituality, community, and collective energy, reflecting the living and evolving nature of these traditions.
Stine Deja
Last Survivors explores the fate of humanity in a world shaped by extreme environmental conditions and rapid technological evolution. The project draws on speculative research questioning whether human biology could be enhanced, such as by integrating tardigrade genes to increase resistance to radiation and other harsh forces. From this premise emerges the possibility of a new, hybrid life form.
With a playful and humorous approach, she creates monumental figures that merge human bodies with the resilient qualities of tardigrades. These hybrid creatures suggest an evolutionary leap, organisms designed to endure the most hostile environments on Earth and beyond.
Aérosculpture
It brings air to life through poetic, helium-based installations and luminous aerial performances. Transforming public spaces into dream-like environments, the company creates works that reveal the unseen forces around us.
Steel Grass is shining like polished steel, it sways with the wind, making air currents visible.In its gentle motionit reflects the lively, ever-changing dance of molecules. Yet in moments of stillness, it transforms into a silent, silver blade reaching toward the sky, capturing both motion and calm in a single, mesmerizing gesture.